CASTERTON, a township in-the parish of KIRKBYLONSDALE,
LONSDALE ward, county of WESTMORLAND,
2 miles (N.E.) from Kirkby-Lonsdale, containing 277
inhabitants. It is supposed to have received its name
from an ancient castle, every vestige of which has been
removed, A chapel formerly stood at Chapel-head
close, near which is a well, called St. Coume's, probably
a contraction of St. Columbe, the tutelar saint of the
chapel.